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Coverage of Alabama sales tax from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.

Baldwin County School supplies including a backpack, notebooks and pencils, illustrating Alabama's back-to-school sales tax holiday

The State Drops Its 4% Sales Tax This Weekend — Here’s Every Price Cap Shoppers Need to Know Before Friday

James Bullard, July 13, 2026July 14, 2026

Alabama’s 21st annual back-to-school sales tax holiday runs from 12:01 a.m. Friday through midnight Sunday, lifting the state’s 4% sales tax on clothing, computers, school supplies and books within specific price limits.

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Mobile Downtown city street representing municipal infrastructure funded by local sales tax

Mobile Council Extends Penny Sales Tax Through 2018 for Infrastructure

James Bullard, September 16, 2014

Mobile’s City Council voted 6-1 to extend its penny sales tax increase through 2018, directing funds toward infrastructure and economic development.

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Mobile Flashlights, batteries and bottled water arranged as hurricane preparedness supplies

Mobile County Weighed Hurricane and Christmas Sales Tax Holidays After Back-to-School Success

James Bullard, February 28, 2007

Encouraged by a back-to-school sales tax holiday that appeared to lift rather than dent collections, Mobile County commissioners sketched plans for two more breaks: one for hurricane supplies in June, another for Christmas shopping in December.

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